Buggy-top support.



E. G. MARTIN & J. S. MILLER BUGGY TOP SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED 001 .14, 1907.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

NGrON n c mRRls UNITED STATES PATENT FFTQEQ EDWARD G. MARTIN AND JOSEPH S. MILLER, OF TYLER, TEXAS.

BUGGY-TOP SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed October 14, 1907. Serial No. 397,391.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD G. MARTIN and JOSEPH S. MILLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Tyler, in the county of Smith and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buggy-Top Supports; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to new and useful improvements in buggy top supports; and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character adapted to be readily and easily applied in position, the support having a certain amount of spring or resiliency to provide a cushion support for the top so that liabil-' ity of the same becoming damaged when the vehicle to which the invention is applied is passing over rough or irregular surfaces, will be reduced to a minimum.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a view of the invention, as applied; Fig. 2 is a central cross-sectional view; and, Fig. 3 is a central cross sectional view taken through the fastening member, the supporting member and the arm of the seatbar on the line 33 of Fig. 1 looking in the direc tion indicated by the arrow.

In the accompanying drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only, and therefore, are not drawn to any particular scale, 1 inclicates the seat bar having the usual outwardly projecting portions 2, of preferably square form in cross section at the rear of the seat, and 3 the bugg 1 top supports. Each of these supports comprises a fastening member having a body 4 of preferably circular form, having two diametrically opposite depending lugs or extensions 5 on its under face, said lugs or extensions having square alining apertures 6 for the reception of the outwardly projecting portions of the seat bars. The top or upper face of the body 4 of the fastening member is recessed to provide a socket 7 in which is adapted to be seated one end of a resilient upright supporting element, preferably in the form of a coiled spring 8. Said fastening member is preferably made of malleable iron, and in such case, the inner end of the coiled spring may be secured in position thereto by swaging or bending the outer edge of the wall of the socket inwardly. Should the fastening member be made of other material not hav ing a sufficient malleability to permit this swaging or bending operation of the socket wall to be easily accomplished, the coiled spring may be sprung or secured in position in any other suitable manner.

In carrying out the invention, a supporting member 9 is fastened to the upper end of the coiled spring. This member comprises a body 10 of preferably circular form, having its under or lower face recessed or cut out to form a socket llhfor the reception of the upper end of the coiled spring, which end may also be secured in position by swaging or bending the outer edge of the socket wall inwardly after the end of the spring has been arranged in position. Said supporting member is also provided with two oppositely disposed flanges or ears 12, which arise from the upper face or top of its body, between which ears or flanges is adapted to be received the bows of the buggy top.

From the construction dlsclosed it will be readily perceived that while the invention is of very simple and inexpensive construction, it is very compact, and therefore not cumbersome like the majority of devices now in vogue, and because of its construction has sufiicient spring or resiliency to absorb shocks or vibrations to which the top may be subjected when the vehicle to which it is applied is passing over rough or irregular surfaces.

Having described my invention, I claim:

The combination with a vehicle body, a top hinged thereto and a seat bar having a laterally extending supporting arm, of an upright coil s )ring, a spring supporting member detachably connected with said supporting arm said member comprising an approximately circular body formed in its top with a central annular socket for the reception of the lower end of said spring, said end of the spring being adapted to be retained in position in the socket by swaging the annular wall thereof inwardly to contract the mouth of the socket, and a bow support comprising an approximately circular body I set our hands in presence of two subscribforrned With a central annular socket to reing Witnesses.

ceive the up oer end of the s ring said bow T support beir ig rigidly conngcted with the g M i upper end of the spring by swaging the p annular Wall of the socket inwardly to con- Witnesses:

tract the mouth of the socket. I J. WV. MOCULLARS,

In testimony whereof We have hereuntc G. OHITWOOD. 

